@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65025-0, author = "Kaksonen, Anna H. and Spring, Stefan and Schumann, Peter and Kroppenstedt, Reiner M. and Puhakka, Jaakko A.", title = "Desulfotomaculum alcoholivorax sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, spore-forming, sulfate-reducer isolated from a fluidized-bed reactor treating acidic metal- and sulfate-containing wastewater", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2008", volume = "58", number = "4", pages = "833-838", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65025-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.65025-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "FBR, fluidized-bed reactor", abstract = "A moderately thermophilic, Gram-positive, endospore-forming, sulfate-reducing bacterium was isolated from a fluidized-bed reactor treating acidic water containing metal and sulfate. The strain, designated RE35E1T, was rod-shaped and motile. The temperature range for growth was 33–51 °C (optimum 44–46 °C) and the pH range was 6.0–7.5 (optimum pH 6.4–7.3). The strain grew optimally without additional NaCl. The electron acceptors were 10 mM sulfate, thiosulfate and elemental sulfur and 1 mM (but not 10 mM) sulfite. Various alcohols and carboxylic acids were utilized as electron donors. Fermentative growth occurred on pyruvate. The cell wall contained meso-diaminopimelic acid, and the major respiratory isoprenoid quinone was menaquinone MK-7. The major whole-cell fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0, iso-C17 : 1 ω10c and iso-C17 : 0. Strain RE35E1T was related to representatives of the genera Desulfotomaculum and Sporotomaculum, the closest relatives being Desulfotomaculum arcticum DSM 17038T (96.3 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity) and Sporotomaculum hydroxybenzoicum DSM 5475T (92.0 % similarity). Strain RE35E1T represents a novel species, for which the name Desulfotomaculum alcoholivorax sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RE35E1T (=DSM 16058T=JCM 14019T).", }